Borgir
Borgir is a peak in Akureyri, Northeast. Borgir is situated nearby to the suburb Gerðahverfi, as well as near the town Akureyri.Places of Interest
Highlights include Akureyri Botanical Garden and Akureyrarkirkja.
Akureyri Botanical Garden
Garden
Photo: RenJJ, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Akureyri Botanical Garden is a unique and significant botanical garden located in the southern part of Akureyri, a city in Northern Iceland. Situated on the west side of the inland end of the fjord Eyjafjörður, at an elevation of about 45 metres, the garden is one of the northernmost botanical gardens in the world, just 85 kilometers south of the Arctic Circle.
Akureyrarkirkja
Church
Photo: Jon Gretarsson, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Akureyrarkirkja or The Church of Akureyri is a prominent Lutheran church at Akureyri in northern Iceland. Located in the centre of the city, it was designed by Guðjón Samúelsson and completed in 1940.
Akureyri Art Museum
Art gallery
Photo: JasonParis, CC BY 2.0.
The Akureyri Art Museum was founded in 1993. The museum is located in the center of Akureyri, the second-largest city in Iceland. Originally home to a dairy, the building which houses the gallery is noted as a good example of the Bauhaus school of architecture.
Borgir
- Type: Peak
- Category: landform
- Location: Akureyri, Northeast, North Iceland, Iceland, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
65.6838° or 65° 41′ 2″ northLongitude
-18.1233° or 18° 7′ 24″ westOpen location code
9CQ3MVMG+GMOpenStreetMap ID
node 3627434087OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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